USF Faculty Talk Informatics, Analytics Trends with ReachMD

Dr. Robert Deschenes and Dr. Athanasios Tsalatsanis appeared on a popular podcast recently to discuss the impact that health informatics and healthcare analytics are having on the healthcare industry.

ReachMD, a learning platform for healthcare professionals where award-winning content is delivered via a broadcast network, is the host of a podcast titled “Your Career in Healthcare.” Dr. Deschenes and Dr. Tsalatsanis answered a variety of questions in a 13-minute podcast with host Tim Rush.

Questions focused on:

Why USF continues to take a lead role in informatics?

What is the difference between informatics and analytics?

How did USF’s healthcare analytics concentration come about?

What is happening in healthcare that makes a healthcare analytics concentration necessary?

What are the advantages of these degrees being offered by a medical school?

Details about faculty and their experience.

What is the significance of the new Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics being SAS Certified?

What healthcare professionals will benefit most from a master’s degree or graduate certificate in healthcare analytics?

What size medical offices need experts in these fields, or are these programs aimed at major hospitals?